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Shapeman

By danieldsj

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness355
Humor1783.34
Theme1803.81
Fun2243.50
Overall3463.44
Innovation4723.14
Mood5023.15
Audio5712.73
Graphics8522.78

Comments

srednuht 2016-04-19 01:07

some UI bugs, but Good game at overall!

angerfork 2016-04-19 01:32

Fun! Was weird to get a handle on how movement worked at first, but had a great time once I did!

juanluisrodreyes 2016-04-19 01:36

There were some audio bugs that made some noises when finishing the level but it was quite nice to play.

swamppenguins 2016-04-19 01:36

Ahaha the sounds are hilarious and the gameplay is super fun!

spotlightor 2016-04-19 01:39

Good work!Well done!

danieldsj 2016-04-19 01:41

RE: Controls
Instead of putting a rotate/thrust type of control we went with cardinal directions. It gave it more of an arcade feel and less of a driving feel.

RE: Sounds.
All of the audio is original and was added at the last hour. Too bad about the bugs, we may fix them in the future. This is our first submission as a group. Thanks for the feedback.

RE: UI bugs
Specifics would be greatly appreciated. If you have a github account, please submit an issue: ttps://github.com/trollsofthenorth/ludumdare35/issues

ou-gda 2016-04-19 01:43

Actually pretty fun. Hurts my ears. Perfect 5/7.

danieldsj 2016-04-19 01:46

RE: Ears
Added a warning about the audio bug in the description.

santiandrade 2016-04-19 09:01

:D very funny! Congratulations for the game, I like it! - I think the sound could be improved but it's a nice game overall

fabraz 2016-04-26 03:23

Careful to people with headphones, buggy sounds can be tense! Fun game though.

ciaodavinci 2016-04-26 04:04

I liked the recorded voices also sometimes it stacked up and became kind of crazy. Fun game! I liked how you used the theme to create a interesting mechanic. Makes for some exciting gameplay to have things rush toward and away from you.

vootele 2016-04-26 04:14

Sounds are overlapping and quite hard to play but good job!

danieldsj 2016-04-27 10:47

Thanks for all of the positive feedback!

If you have some constructive feedback or bug reports, please submit them as issues in github: https://github.com/trollsofthenorth/ludumdare35/issues/new

terryg 2016-04-29 01:56

so levels were too hard but some how I could get it and get out the theme you know

schizoid2k 2016-04-29 02:00

Shapeshift! Love it! Great job... lots of fun to play

danieldsj 2016-04-29 02:16

Terryg: There are 6 levels. It gets really difficult after the first 3 tutorial stages.

If anyone is up for a challenge, type "game.state.start('stage6');" in the developer console of your browser to go to the last level.

xanjos 2016-04-29 16:47

Looks deceptively simple but it's actually harder than it is (Level 3/4 seems impossible with all those shapes coming after you). Still pretty fun to play though.

lereveur 2016-04-30 22:08

Sound bug is weird, but not so annoying, and besides, the gameplay and animation are good. Well done !

kik0729 2016-05-01 15:37

Loved the "shapeshift" soundbyte

themeorch 2016-05-03 00:13

When you get to the point where huge swarms of shapes are following/avoiding you, things get really fun and hectic.

Whimsical art and really funny audio make for a really attractive arcade game.

I'd recommend having spacebar or another keyboard key activate the Next and Try Again buttons, since the player will have 2 hands on the keyboard while playing. Having to reach for the mouse each time you win/lose is an unnecessary step.

Nice work!

danieldsj 2016-05-03 11:48

TheMeorch: Thanks for the tip about hitting the space bar, or some other key. Didn't think about the hand positions.

trulyvile 2016-05-03 18:25

The mechanic is pretty memorable, almost like Pac-Man in its system of give-and-take (constantly switching between hunter and hunted, and all). I think the one place the game suffered a bit was level design. I typically found the only strategy to be herding enemies into the corner and wait until the other shapes caught up with me. I think the gameplay could stand to be more varied in this way.

But again--the concept is sweet. I came back to this entry a couple of times because of it.

wboqm 2016-05-04 06:49

Interesting game; requires quick reflexes!

samreid 2016-05-06 13:22

This is one of the best entries, great replay value!

larzan 2016-05-07 23:18

Interesting idea, but it becomes really difficult, really fast, maybe a few more 'easy' levels to get more used to the concept?